For about as long as hackers and makers have been using desktop 3D printers, there have been critics that say the plastic parts they produce aren’t good for much else than toys and decorative pieces.

3D printing is a big deal. It enables the average person to quickly whip up a fix for something around the house, a cool toy, some functional equipment for hobbies, or even rapidly prototype a new ...

The Elegoo Centauri Carbon is a cool-looking 3D printer you can get for $300. I’d never run a 3D printer in my life before this thing showed up at my shop, and I had a few significant hiccups getting ...

Lovers of vehicles and lovers of the ecosystem, lend me your eyes and mental ears so that you may learn of a fun solution to save some part of this planet. What you’re about to witness is known as ...

We are accustomed to engineers and designers developing production cars and trucks from prototype models, but the team at Mattel’s Hot Wheels brand has the challenge of going the other direction: from ...

If you’re a parent, you know the challenges of trying to keep your children entertained. With the Toybox 3D Printer Deluxe Bundle, they’ll never get bored because this nifty machine can make something ...

Cars are Andrew's jam, as is strawberry. After spending years as a regular ol' car fanatic, he started working his way through the echelons of the automotive industry, starting out as social-media ...

Has there ever been a better time to be a kid? Superheroes rule the big screens, video games are experiencing a new golden age and even so-called “educational toys” are so advanced they’re like gear ...

One of the world’s largest toy makers, Mattel, has long embraced the idea of helping kids build their own toys. Back in the 1960s, the company released the very first ThingMaker, which let kids create ...

It looks like our 1960s plastic mold and oven heated toys are now officially antiques, folks. Mattel, which was responsible for the Thingmaker—a contraption that let kids build their own plastic ...

Let’s face it, 3D printing is still considered a hobby by many in the mainstream consumer tech space. We see toys and trinkets on Thingiverse (the first online repository of 3D models) or shared on ...

What’s the coolest Christmas gift for kids you could ever imagine? There’s one correct answer - and it’s a 3D printer that prints unlimited toys on-demand. Did you know that such a thing is actually ...